postinvasion

English

Alternative forms

• post-invasion

Etymology

From post- +‎ invasion.

Adjective

postinvasion (not comparable)

1. Following an invasion.

   the postinvasion period

   • 2006 June 7, Roger Cohen, “Rumsfeld Is Correct - the Truth Will Get Out”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     So there was no post-invasion plan worth its name, to stop looting or a gathering insurgency.

   • 2007 December 1, David Zucchino, Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 326:

     During the thunder runs, they had been aggressors. They had closed on the enemy and killed him. But during their summer in Falloujah in 2003, they had been confronted with the new, postinvasion reality: They were no longer on the attack […]